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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Ms Dunne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: As regards the hospitality sector, is the Deputy thinking of the Restaurants Association of Ireland? Is that the organisation he is referring to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: A recognised body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: I was struck by the special circumstances employment permit, which allows for an employment permit to be granted in unusual circumstances. Can our guests provide give examples of where this provision has been used or where it may be used in the future? I was just struck by that line.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: I was just going to ask what it was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: Would I be right in saying that the Department would grant a permit on a case by case basis and that it would look at something unique and unusual such as that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: I am sure that would have been one of the more unusual requests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank our guests for coming to engage with the committee. That concludes our business for today. We will adjourn until Tuesday, 26 November, when we will continue our pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire Sláinte. Today is World Diabetes Day. This year's theme is diabetes and the family. Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting who developed insulin in 1921. There are 225,000 people in Ireland living with diabetes, 20,000 of whom have type 1 diabetes. The Minister introduced FreeStyle Libre for children and young adults aged...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: According to the INMO there are 534 patients on trolleys in hospitals throughout the county. We have learned that, up until October of this year, in excess of 13,500 people over 75 years had spent more than 24 hours waiting to access a bed. Yesterday, some of my Oireachtas colleagues and I visited the University Hospital Waterford. We were informed by the manager that the hospital has 21...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Insurance Costs (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the spiralling insurance costs for special schools (details supplied) which can cost up to 38% of the capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing a grant for the servicing of equipment for special schools (details supplied) as this can result in a large financial outlay for schools from the capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47400/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staff (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 309. To ask the Minister for Health when the position for clinical psychologist and social worker will be filled for a special school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation will continue to provide services for children at a special school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if not, the person or body that will be providing the service if this discontinues. [47425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 396. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to employing a second full-time nurse for a special school (details supplied) in County Waterford. [47426/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: Unemployment has fallen throughout the country, which is welcome. However, the south east remains stubbornly higher than the rest of the country at 7.3% unemployment, 2.1% above the national average of 5.2%. That is 14,900 people out of work in the region up to the quarter at the end of September. There is a lot more work to be done. Waterford and the south east can act as a release valve...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: Emergency department and hospital overcrowding has become the norm. We hear in the news every day of trolley numbers representing the number of sick patients who cannot access a medical bed in a hospital but who may instead have to wait on a trolley, in some cases for days. They have to stay on a corridor with the lights glaring, without privacy and without bathroom facilities, other than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 15 November 2019 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement under the scheme by local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [48220/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 15 November 2019 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; and the number waiting 0 to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ports Policy (21 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the House, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister for facilitating me in taking this question on behalf of Deputy Browne, who has been called away. We both represent the south east in Waterford and Wexford. Has the Minister discussed the ownership of Rosslare Europort with his UK counterpart? As we are all aware, Rosslare Europort's ownership status is complex.